New stealthy Pumakit Linux rootkit malware spotted in the wild
2 days ago · A new Linux rootkit malware called Pumakit has been discovered that uses stealth and advanced privilege escalation techniques to hide its presence on systems. The malware is a multi-component set ...
New Linux Rootkit PUMAKIT Uses Advanced Stealth ... - The Hacker News
1 day ago · Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new Linux rootkit called PUMAKIT that comes with capabilities to escalate privileges, hide files and directories, and conceal itself from system tools, while simultaneously evading detection. "PUMAKIT is a sophisticated loadable kernel module (LKM) rootkit that employs advanced stealth mechanisms to hide its presence and maintain communication with ...
PUMA creeps through Linux with a stealthy rootkit attack
1 day ago · A new loadable kernel module (LKM) rootkit has been spotted in the wild compromising Linux systems with advanced stealth and privilege escalation features. PUMAKIT, as called by the Elastic ...
Latest Rootkit news - BleepingComputer
Chinese-speaking cyberspies have targeted Southeast Asian governmental entities and telecommunication companies for more than a year, backdooring systems running the latest Windows 10 versions with...
Stealthy Linux rootkit found in the wild after going undetected for …
Dec 8, 2023 · Researchers from security firm Group-IB have named the remote access trojan “Krasue,” after a nocturnal spirit depicted in Southeast Asian folklore “floating in mid-air, with no torso, just her...
Hackers abuse Avast anti-rootkit driver to disable defenses
Nov 23, 2024 · A new malicious campaign is using a legitimate but old and vulnerable Avast Anti-Rootkit driver to evade detection and take control of the target system by disabling security components.
Discovery of new UEFI rootkit exposes an ugly truth: The attacks …
Jul 26, 2022 · Researchers have unpacked a major cybersecurity find—a malicious UEFI-based rootkit used in the wild since 2016 to ensure computers remained infected even if an operating system is...
Dangerous Windows 10, 11 And Server Rootkit Exploited By Hackers - Forbes
Mar 1, 2024 · The notorious and highly prolific North Korean Lazarus criminal hacking group has been exploiting an admin-to-kernel privilege escalation Windows security flaw using an updated version of its...
Windows Zero-Day Exploited by North Korean Hackers in Rootkit …
Feb 29, 2024 · The notorious North Korean threat group known as Lazarus exploited a Windows zero-day vulnerability for privilege escalation in attacks involving a rootkit named FudModule, according to cybersecurity firm Avast.
New Linux malware Pumakit manages to hide itself
1 day ago · A new Linux malware rootkit, Pumakit, has recently surfaced that manages to surreptitiously hide on affected systems. For now, this rootkit, which consists of multiple components, only affects Linux versions older than 5.7. In recent months, a new wave of Linux malware seems to have emerged. For ...
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